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Saint-Étienne
This article is about the French city. For other uses, see Saint Etienne.
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Location within Rhône-Alpes region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Loire |
| Canton | Chief town of 9 cantons |
| Intercommunality | Saint-Étienne Métropole |
| Mayor | Maurice Vincent (PS) (since March 2008) |
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| Elevation | 422–1,117 m (1,385–3,665 ft) (avg. 516 m or 1,693 ft) |
| Land area1 | 79.97 km2 (30.88 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 178,530 (2007 estimate) |
| - Ranking | 16th in France |
| - Density | 2,232 /km2 (5,780 /sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (GMT +1) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 42218/ 42000, 42100 |
| Website | http://www.saint-etienne.fr/ |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Coordinates: 45°26′05″N 4°23′25″E / 45.4347°N 4.3903°E
Saint-Étienne (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿etjɛn]; Arpitan: Sant-Etiève; Saint Stephen) is a city in eastern central France. It is located in the Massif Central, 60 km (37.28 mi) southwest of Lyon in the Rhône-Alpes region, along the trunk road that connects Toulouse with Lyon. Saint-Étienne is the capital of the Loire département and has a population of approximately 178,500 in the city itself expanding to over 317,000 in the metropolitan area (2007).
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History
Musée d'art et d'industrie.
The city is named after Saint Stephen, and is mentioned for the first time in the Middle Ages as Saint-Étienne de Furan (an affluent of the Loire). In the 13th century it was a small borough around the church dedicated to Saint Etienne. On the upper reaches of the Furan near the Way of St. James the Abbey of Valbenoîte had been founded by the cistercians in 1222. In the late 15th century it was a fortified village defended by walls built around the original nucleus.
From the 16th century, Saint-Étienne developed an arms manufacturing industry and became a market town. It was this which accounted for the town's importance, although it also became a centre for the manufacture of ribbons and passementerie starting in the 17th century. During the French revolution, Saint-Étienne was briefly renamed Armeville – 'arms town' – because of this activity.
Later, it became a coal mining centre, and more recently, has been known for its bicycle industry.
In the first half of the 19th century, it was only a chief town of an arrondissement in the département of the Loire, with a population of 33,064 in 1832. The concentration of industry prompted these numbers to rise rapidly to 110,000 by about 1880. It was this growing importance of Saint-Étienne that led to its being made seat of the prefecture and the departmental administration on 25 July 1855, when it became the chief town in the département and seat of the prefect, replacing Montbrison, which was reduced to the status of chief town of an arrondissement. Saint-Étienne absorbed the commune of Valbenoîte and several other neighbouring localities on 31 March 1855.
Demographics
Population of the city at the 1999 census was 180,210 (177,300 as of February 2004 estimates). Population of the whole metropolitan area at the 1999 census was 321,703.
Inhabitants of Saint-Étienne are called stéphanois in French. They are named so because "Étienne" derives from the Greek Stephanos.
Culture
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Saint-Étienne became a popular stop for automobile travelers in the early 20th century (sometimes referred to as The Golden Age of Travel[1]).
In 1990 Saint-Étienne set up a design biennale – the largest of its kind in France. It lasts around two weeks and takes place in November. The next convention is in 2010.[citation needed] A landmark in the history of the importance ascribed to design in Saint-Étienne was the inauguration of La Cité du design on the site of the former arms factory in 2009.
The city also launched the Massenet Festivals, (the composer Jules Massenet hailed from the area) devoted mainly to perform Massenet's operas. In 2000 the city was named one of the French Towns and Lands of Art and History. On 22 November 2010, it was nominated as "City of Design" as part of Unesco’s Creative Cities Network.[2]
Saint-Étienne has three museums:
- the Musée d'Art Moderne has one of the largest collections of modern and contemporary art in France
- Musée de la Mine
- Musée de l'Art et de l'Industrie
Sport
The city's football club AS Saint-Étienne has won the Ligue 1 title a record ten times, achieving most of their success in the 1970s. British indie-dance band Saint Etienne named themselves after the club.
St. Étienne was the capital of the French bicycle industry. The bicycle wheel manufacturer Mavic is based in the city and frame manufacturers Motobécane and Vitus are also based here. The city often hosts a stage of the Tour de France.
St. Étienne resident Thierry Gueorgiou is a world champion in orienteering. The local rugby union team is CA Saint-Étienne Loire Sud Rugby.
Transport
Street tram in the city
Tramway, bus and bicycles run by STAS (Société de Transports de l'Agglomération Stéphanoise)
Street in the old center of Saint-Étienne
Rochetaillée castle
View of Saint-Étienne
The nearest airport is Saint-Étienne - Bouthéon Airport which is located in Andrézieux-Bouthéon, 12 km (7.46 mi) north-northwest of Saint-Étienne. The main railway station is Gare de Saint-Étienne-Châteaucreux, which offers high speed services to Paris and Lyon (Saint-Étienne–Lyon railway) and several regional lines.
Saint-Étienne is also notable for its tramway (Saint-Étienne tramway) – which uniquely with Lille, it kept throughout the 20th century – and its trolleybus system (Saint-Étienne trolleybus system) – which is one of only three such systems currently operating in France.
Bus and tram transport is regulated and provided by the Société de Transports de l'Agglomération Stéphanoise (STAS), a public transport executive organisation.
The bicycle sharing system Vélivert with 280 short term renting bicycles is available since June 2010.
Colleges and universities
- Jean Monnet University
- École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne (EMSE or ENSMSE)
- École nationale d'ingénieurs de Saint-Étienne (ENISE)
- Institut supérieur des techniques avancées de Saint-Étienne (ISTASE)
- Saint-Étienne School of Management
- ENSASE (Ecole National Supérieure d'Architecture de Saint-Étienne)
Notable people
Saint-Étienne was the birthplace of
- Augustin Dupré (1748–1833) engraver of French coins and medals, France's 14th Graveur général des monnaies
- Claude Fauriel (1772–1844), historian, philologist and critic.
- Saint Marcellin Champagnat (1789–1840), a Catholic priest and founding members of the Society of Mary (Marist Fathers) who founded the Marist Brothers and was canonised in 1999.
- Antonin Moine (1796–1849), sculptor
- Jules Janin (1804–1874), writer and critic.
- Francis Garnier (1839–1873), officer and explorer who explored the Mekong River, much to the surprise of the inhabitants.
- Jules Massenet (1842–1912), composer best known for his operas.
- Paul de Vivie, aka Velocio (1853–1930) publisher of Le Cycliste, early champion of the dérailleur and father of French cycle touring.
- Claudine Chomat (1915–1995), member of the French Resistance during World War II, feminist, communist activist
- Bernard Lavilliers (b. 1946) (Bernard Ouillon), singer.
- Orlan (1947–), contemporary artist
- Willy Sagnol (b. 1977) French International Football Player
- Muriel Robin (b. 1955 in Montbrison) French stand-up humorist
- Jean Guitton (1901–1999) a Catholic philosopher and theologian.
- Thierry Gueorgiou (b. 1979), Orienteering world champion
- Norma Ray singer
- Alexis Ajinca basketball player
- Sylvain Armand footballer
- Sliimy singer
- Aravane Rezai tennis player
- Damien DeVille famous cocoa developer
- Loïc Perrin footballer
It was also the place where Andrei Kivilev died.
International relations
Saint-Étienne is twinned with:
- Annaba, Algeria, since 1981
- Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, since 2006
- Ben Arous, Tunisia, since 1994
- Coventry, United Kingdom, since 1955
- Des Moines, United States, since 1984
- Ferrara, Italy, since 1960
- Fes, Morocco, since 2006
- Geltendorf, Germany, since 1966
- Granby, Canada, since 1960
- Katowice, Poland, since 1994
- Luhansk, Ukraine, since 1959
- Nazareth Illit, Israel, since 1974
- Oeiras, Portugal, since 1995
- Patras, Greece, since 1990
- Toamasina, Madagascar, since 1967
- Warsaw, Poland, since 1995[3]
- Windsor, Canada, since 1963
- Wuppertal, Germany, since 1960
- Xúzhōu, China, since 1984
- Chandigarh, India, since 2005
See also
- Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne
- Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
- Saint-Étienne Cathedral
- Saint-Étienne – Gorges de la Loire Nature Reserve
References
- Notes
- ^ "LAPL Virtual Photo: Far and Wide". Lapl.org. http://www.lapl.org/virgal/travel/index.html. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
- ^ St-Etienne and Sydney nominated UNESCO Creative Cities , 22 November 2010.
- ^ (Polish) "Miasta partnerskie Warszawy". um.warszawa.pl. Biuro Promocji Miasta. 4 May 2005. http://um.warszawa.pl/v_syrenka/new/index.php?dzial=aktualnosci&ak_id=3284&kat=11. Retrieved 29 August 2008.[dead link]
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